Terrified

Examples

• I asked, terrified at the unexpected sound, and incapable now of deriving from any occurrence a hope of aid. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
• In 73 B.C. all Italy was terrified by a rising of the slaves, and particularly of the gladiators, led by a gladiator from Thessaly, Spartacus. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• She stopped in the act of putting the note in her bosom, and, with her hands yet at her neck, looked terrified at Madame Defarge. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
• To this the fat boy, considerably terrified, briefly responded, 'Missis. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• The subjects were terrified from uttering their griefs while they saw the thunder of the Star Chamber pointed at their heads. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
• The poor soul grew so timid that she actually left off bullying Briggs any more, and clung to her niece, more fond and terrified every day. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• There were the rooms in which Grandpapa died, and by which the children walked with terrified looks. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• I shrank from him within myself when my brother first brought him to me; but the last time I saw him he terrified me more than I can say. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• Death on the cards, love in the stars, and the muttered prophecies of crouching hags, terrified at the omen of flying bat, of shrieking night-bird. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
• His manner and his look quite terrified them all. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
• It seemed to me, however, that I was sufficiently calm: at least I felt no longer terrified. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• I only hope my poor Irishmen are not terrified out of their wits by such a fiendlike noise. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
• Timidly, for my vehemence somewhat terrified her, Idris looked on me. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• The thought terrified her--she dreaded to fall from the height of her last moment with Lawrence Selden. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
• Don't be so terrified, my love. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
• The women gathered round the windows, fascinated to look on the scene which terrified them. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
• He'll be terrified when he sees me here. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• The terrible, massive, cold, boundless surface of the water terrified her beyond words. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• I was too terrified to move or speak. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• Mr. Sikes then seized the terrified boy by the collar with very little ceremony; and all three were quickly inside the house. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
• Never have I seen her act in so uncertain and almost terrified a manner. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
• There was always that something regardless in him which terrified her. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• My dear,' said the terrified Pott, 'I didn't say I believed it;--I--' but the unfortunate man's voice was drowned in the screaming of his partner. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• He seems tame and terrified enough. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• That poor lamb bowed in return; polite, and terrified. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• He was moving towards her to change places, but her terrified expostulation stopped him and he resumed his seat. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• The father knew nothing of this, but sat and looked at the letter in terrified vacancy. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• He paced the apartment to and fro, now vainly exhorting the terrified maiden to compose herself, now hesitating concerning his own line of conduct. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
• Suddenly, amid all the hubbub of the gale, there burst forth the wild scream of a terrified woman. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
• I now observed myself to be less terrified than I had been in the morning. Jonathan Swift. Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World.

Typist: Marcus